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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Watching fellow Americans getting worked up over such trivia might have been funny before the Bush Administration was emboldened enough by the patriotism following 9/11 to freely spy on its own citizens and to declare "enemy combatants" in a fictious war. Now that we know any of us can be held without charges or trial for years on end, in a setting where torture is inflicted with impunity, is "who gives a shit" the best response of the remaining 31%?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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